Chapter 339: 338 absolutely wants to soar into the skies, right?

At that moment, Shane and his party had already entered into the chaotic narrow alleys, heading deeper toward Cosmos.

However, the process was anything but smooth.

“Hey, over there, young nobleman!”

“Do you have anything valuable on you?”

“Leave your belongings behind!”

“And that maid by your side, leave her here obediently!”

“I quite like those two little girls!”

“All good! Leave them all for us!”

Walking along the dimly lit path, several figures suddenly sprang out in front of Shane and his party, holding weapons and emitting vile laughter.

From their attire, they looked a bit like thugs and also like ruffians, but because they had beast ears and tails and wore clothes made of beast skins, they somewhat resembled wild men.

Ordinary people would probably be terrified by such a situation, right?

Beastmen are a race inherently gifted with strong physical abilities, more robust than humans or elves, displaying fierce and menacing appearances that could indeed paralyze someone with fear.

It was clear that the other party also understood their own situation, looking at their demeanor and the atmosphere, it possibly wasn’t their first time engaged in such activities.

In other words, they were habitual offenders, specifically bandits who regularly committed robberies and crimes.

Yet, faced with these habitual offenders, Shane sighed in annoyance.

Not just Shane, Ai Yi also had a look of annoyance while only Jade was blinking curiously, observing the scene, and Lasha, as always, appeared indifferent as if nothing had happened.

“How many times has it been now?”

Shane asked Lasha.

“If I’m not mistaken, this should be the eleventh time.”

Lasha responded expressionlessly.

“The eleventh time…” repeated Shane, truly annoyed. “Isn’t that too many?”

“It can’t be helped,” Lasha remained calm, saying, “This is a frontier, a place of war, and as a melting pot of races, it has become like this now, filled with many who seize the opportunity to loot.”

“Sigh…” Shane visibly sighed again, looking deeply exasperated.

Shane’s disregardful behavior naturally angered the beastmen offenders.

“Are you looking down on us!?”

“Pretty brave, young nobleman!”

“It seems we need to teach you a lesson first!”

“Beg for mercy to me, big guy!”

With these roars, the beastmen charged toward Shane’s direction.

And indeed, their speed was quite fast, truly living up to the beastmen’s naturally strong physical abilities.

Unfortunately, they picked the wrong person to bully.

“[Flying Star] .”

Shane, looking impatient, waved his hand and suddenly countless starlights shone, turning into small meteors like beams of light, and burst forth violently.

This was a Basic Celestial Magic; its power was minimal, merely used to suppress others, similar to the blank rounds of the previous era, specifically aimed at capturing targets and exerting deterrence.

However, this magic, intentionally reduced in power and-enhanced for suppression, falling into the hands of Shane with immense magic power and maxed-out magic skills, even a basic one became incredibly powerful.

Thus…

“Bang bang bang bang bang–!”

When those fine, beam-like meteors fell, the entire alley seemed subjected to the bombardment of small-scale artillery shells, triggering rounds of explosion sounds and violently rupturing.

“What…!?”

“Oof…!”

“Ah!”

The group of beastmen offenders only saw countless streamers flashing before their eyes, then immediately found their whole bodies caught in small-scale explosions, getting blown away, flipped over, and battered, reduced to mere trash to be trampled upon, and soon, one by one, they lay on the ground gasping for breath.

In the dim alley, only a haze of dust was spreading.

Watching this scene, Jade showed a delighted expression, as if watching beautiful fireworks, while Lasha remained expressionless, calm as always.

Only Ai Yi couldn’t help but comment.

“Is this really a Non-Lethal Basic Magic used to suppress enemies?”

Does the Human Realm have some misunderstanding about the terms “suppress enemies,” “non-lethal,” and “basic magic”?

The effects of this basic magic are almost on par with upper-level magic; if it were not non-lethal, the entire alley might have turned into ruins, right?

Could the rumored Celestial Magic be this terrifying?

Ai Yi was skeptical.

“Don’t make a fuss, this is just basic magic.”

Shane was indifferent, even fond of this magic.

The reason was simple; any attack magic that he cast always had astonishing power and consequently caused significant destruction, which made Shane feel quite restricted in using magic during certain situations, sometimes truly feeling confined and uncomfortable.

Therefore, upon discovering ‘Flying Star,’ a suppression-centric Asphyxiation Magic, Shane was even happier than having obtained an upper-level magic.

This meant that in some situations where restraint was necessary, Shane could also use magic to resolve issues, significantly increasing his operational flexibility.

In light of this, Shane was quite optimistic about ‘Flying Star,’ even specifically refining it for a while to freely control the number and range of suppression of the stars.

“Old rules, these people are handled by you, Lasha.”

Shane gestured to Lasha twice.

“Yes.”

Lasha responded without any objection, stepping forward, dragging each barely alive beastman into a corner alley, returning in less than two seconds.

Along the way, those lesser underlings dealt with by Shane were all dragged around the corner by Lasha for handling.

Because Lasha would return in less than two seconds, when it first happened, Shane had approached to inspect the corner curiously. To his astonishment, he discovered that all those people had vanished without a trace.

“You… where did you take them all?”

Shane had asked, dumbfounded.

“They went where they were supposed to go.”

Lasha simply replied, her tone suggesting, “There’s no need to worry about the fate of trash” or “Trash should be buried underground,” which was rather chilling.

At the very least, Shane didn’t dare to probe further.

He always felt that probing would certainly unveil something extremely disturbing.

So, a simple “Big Sister is awesome” sufficed.

Of course, the awesomeness of Big Sister didn’t end there.

“By the way, wandering aimlessly like this, can we really find a hotel to stay at?”

Shane was somewhat skeptical.

But Lasha just stared intently at Shane until he felt a bit scared, before finally speaking.

“Please do not doubt my professional ability.”

That was what Lasha said.

Indeed, despite just arriving in Cosmos and with the buildings in such chaos, Lasha, for some unknown reason, seemed to have lived here long enough to clearly remember all the terrain, continuously leading the way for everyone.

Her statement was–“Don’t worry, I’ve already booked the hotel, just follow me.”

Honestly, Shane had no idea when Lasha managed to book the hotel.

This maid had only disappeared for a few minutes after entering the city. Did she manage to remember all the terrain and find the hotel, even booking rooms, in just those few minutes?

If those past life so-called time management experts who boasted shamelessly without getting their houses burned knew this ability, they’d probably kneel down and call her ancestor.

This wasn’t merely impressive. It was absolutely sky-high!

Don’t even bother being a maid, why not go straight to being a queen? My dear sister Lasha!

While Shane was questioning life, Ai Yi, on the other hand, never doubted Lasha’s ability.

“Since you’ve already booked the hotel, let’s hurry there,” Ai Yi, having accumulated a limit of botheration and annoyance, clearly did not want to wander outside any longer, said, “If it gets any more annoying, I’m going to destroy this city.”

Those words could scare the life out of someone.

Oddly enough, Shane agreed.

If it weren’t for not wanting to harm the innocent civilians in the city, Shane really wanted to call down a meteor shower to cleanse it.

After all, the loss would be that of a Duke who had feuded with them, and Shane would genuinely delight in seeing him cry.

“Why not learn from Galuo Li and build a camp outside to gather up, which would make my job more decisive?”

Shane uttered these potentially heaven-condemning words.

Anyway, being pestered by those inexplicable underlings was enough to annoy not just Ai Yi, but Shane too.

“If there’s a next time, I won’t hold back. I’ll send those scum straight to Hell to repent.”

Shane declared harshly.

Ai Yi had a remark.

“Aren’t you the one always talking about fighting and killing?”

The young girl thus advocated.

“What I said was about girls, not boys.”

Shane instantly retorted.

Just then, Lasha suddenly spoke.

“You are no longer a boy either, Mr. Xi’en.”

With that, the atmosphere around them went utterly cold.

Just as Ai Yi stared in astonishment and Jade blinked incredulously at Lasha, Shane, with twitching lips, suddenly sensed a surge of magic approaching.

“What is this?”

Shane raised an eyebrow.

Only because, among these surges of magic, there was one very familiar to him.

“Is that young master also here?” Shane suddenly smiled, muttering, “Okay, things are getting interesting.”

Not just Shane, Ai Yi seemed to have noticed something too.

“They’re here again?”

Ai Yi finally showed a cold expression, unaware of the identity of the newcomers.

Seeing this, Shane quickly explained.

“These aren’t the robbers from before.” Shane said this but then changed his tone, “However, they might be even more annoying.”

Hearing the words “even more annoying,” Ai Yi made a decision.

“Still better to destroy the city, right?”

Ai Yi’s patience finally ran out.

“No, no need,” Shane shook his head, speaking with an amused tone, “But we could play a game.”

Saying this, a terrifying burst of magic power suddenly erupted from Shane’s body.

With this tremendous magic power, Shane fiercely stomped his foot.

“Grant*Move.”

At that moment, the entire Cosmos trembled violently.

Immediately after, earth-shaking changes began to unfold.